More Handwriting Help

On Thursday, I sent home a couple of papers from my Handwriting Without Tears teacher guide that can help you teach your child the proper way to write. Hopefully, those papers made it home in your child's backpack, and you have had a chance to look at them. Continue to practice: holding the pencil correctly, writing his/her full name, and forming letters and numbers correctly.

Also, I have been working on the class newsletter, and it will be coming home in your child's blue folder next week. It is full of good information and includes pictures from the first month of school. These pictures will soon be on my school website also. Look for them next week online.

Have a great weekend!

Writing Our Names

Today I finished working one-on-one with the kids on name writing. Right now, we are strictly practicing first names. In a few months, we will begin writing our last names. Please work with your child on writing his/her name with a capital letter at the beginning and the rest of the letters lowercase.

Also, we use the Handwriting without Tears method for writing our letters. This teaches them to always start their letters at the top and gives catchy rhymes to help the students remember how to properly form each letter. This method helps the students develop neat handwriting.

Last week I sent home a paper that listed all of the letters of the alphabet and the numbers 0-9. Additionally, it gave directions on how to form each letter. Please reference that form when working with your child. If you need another copy of the paper, let me know. Also, if your child has mastered writing his/her first name, go ahead and work on your last name. Thanks for your help and enjoy your time as you help your child! Handwriting takes a lot of patience with little kids! Good luck!

Back to School Time!!!

Welcome back! We started school last Wednesday, and boy have we been busy. The boys and girls have been learning our class schedule, how to get around the school building, and school procedures. This Monday, we started doing more curriculum and less procedure practice. The kids seem eager to learn and are working hard. This week, we will be reviewing our letters, writing our names, and getting familiar with our math manipulatives. Hopefully we will start some science next week. Things to practice with your child: identifying the letters of the alphabet, writing his/her first and last names, counting to 20, and identifying the numbers 0-10.

Also, I hope to continue to update my class website monthly. At the end of each month or the beginning of the next month, I will post new pictures and our class newsletter. Please keep an eye on the website and the blog for information regarding our kindergarten classroom. It looks like it is going to be a great year!